1、【
单选题
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If I were in movie, then it would be about time that I ________ my head in my hands for a cry.
[0.5分]
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bury
、
am burying
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buried
、
would bury
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2、【
单选题
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Good news was sometimes released prematurely, with the British recapture of the port ________ half a day before the defenders actually surrendered.
[0.5分]
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to announce
、
announced
、
announcing
、
was announced
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3、【
单选题
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According to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself apparent, so one ________ wait instead of searching for it.
[0.5分]
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would rather
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had to
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cannot but
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had best
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4、【
单选题
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She felt suitably humble just as she ________ when he had first taken a good look at her city self, hair waved and golden, nails red and pointed.
[0.5分]
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had
、
had had
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would have and
、
has had
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5、【
单选题
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There was no sign that Mr. Jospin, who keeps a firm control on the party despite ________ from leadership of it, would intervene personally.
[0.5分]
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being resigned
、
having resigned
、
going to resign
、
resign
答案:
6、【
单选题
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So involved with their computers ________ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports and games.
[0.5分]
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became the children
、
become the children
、
had the children become
、
do the children become
答案:
7、【
单选题
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The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is ________ an anonymous, statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.
[0.5分]
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everything except
、
anything but
、
no less than
、
nothing more than
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8、【
单选题
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One difficulty in translation lies in obtaining a concept match. ________ this is meant that a concept in one language is lost or changed in meaning in translation.
[0.5分]
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9、【
单选题
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Conversation becomes weaker in a society that spends so much time listening and being talked to ________ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.
[0.5分]
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as
、
which
、
that
、
what
答案:
10、【
单选题
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Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions, ________ they Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Jewish, and so on.
[0.5分]
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be
、
being
、
were
、
are
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11、【
单选题
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He is too young to be able to ________ between right and wrong.
[0.5分]
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discard
、
discern
、
disperse
、
disregard
答案:
12、【
单选题
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It was no ________ that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery.
[0.5分]
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coincidence
、
convention
、
certainty
、
complication
答案:
13、【
单选题
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One of the responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to make sure that all ships ________ follow traffic rules in busy harbors.
[0.5分]
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cautiously
、
dutifully
、
faithfully
、
skillfully
答案:
14、【
单选题
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The Eskimo is perhaps one of the most trusting and considerate of all Indians but seems to be ________ the welfare of his animals.
[0.5分]
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critical about
、
indignant at
、
indifferent to
、
subject to
答案:
15、【
单选题
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The chairman of the board ________ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ.
[0.5分]
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compelled
、
posed
、
pressed
、
tempted
答案:
16、【
单选题
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It is naive to expect that any society can resolve all the social problems it is faced with ________.
[0.5分]
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for long
、
in and out
、
once for all
、
by nature
答案:
17、【
单选题
】
Using extremely different decorating schemes in adjoining rooms may result in ________ and lack of unity in style.
[0.5分]
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conflict
、
confrontation
、
disturbance
、
disharmony
答案:
18、【
单选题
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The Timber rattlesnake is now on the endangered species list, and is extinct in two eastern states in which it once ________.
[0.5分]
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thrived
、
swelled
、
prospered
、
flourished
答案:
19、【
单选题
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However, growth in the fabricated metals industry was able to ________ some of the decline in the iron and steel industry.
[0.5分]
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overturn
、
overtake
、
offset
、
oppress
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20、【
单选题
】
Because of its intimacy, radio is usually more than just a medium; it is ________.
[0.5分]
、
firm
、
company
、
corporation
、
enterprise
答案:
21、【
单选题
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When any non-human organ is transplanted into a person, the body immediately recognizes it as ________.
[0.5分]
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novel
、
remote
、
distant
、
foreign
答案:
22、【
单选题
】
My favorite radio song is the one I first heard on a thick 1923 Edison disc I ________ at a garage sale.
[0.5分]
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trifled with
、
scraped through
、
stumbled upon
、
thirsted for
答案:
23、【
单选题
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Some day software will translate both written and spoken language so well that the need for any common second language could ________.
[0.5分]
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descend
、
decline
、
deteriorate
、
depress
答案:
24、【
单选题
】
Equipment not ________ official safety standards has all been removed from the workshop.
[0.5分]
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conforming to
、
consistent with
、
predominant over
、
providing for
答案:
25、【
单选题
】
As an industry, biotechnology stands to ________ electronics in dollar volume and perhaps surpass it in social impact by 2020.
[0.5分]
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contend
、
contest
、
rival
、
strive
答案:
26、【
单选题
】
The authors of the United States Constitution attempted to establish an effective national government while preserving ________ for the states and liberty for individuals.
[0.5分]
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autonomy
、
dignity
、
monopoly
、
stability
答案:
27、【
单选题
】
For three quarters of its span on Earth, life evolved almost ________ as microorganisms.
[0.5分]
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precisely
、
instantly
、
initially
、
exclusively
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28、【
单选题
】
The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow ________, particularly in Western Europe.
[0.5分]
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obscure
、
obsolete
、
optional
、
overlapping
答案:
29、【
单选题
】
Whoever formulated the theory of the origin of the universe, it is just ________ and needs proving.
[0.5分]
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spontaneous
、
hypothetical
、
intuitive
、
empirical
答案:
30、【
单选题
】
The future of this company is ________: many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.
[0.5分]
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at odds
、
in trouble
、
in vain
、
at stake
答案:
31、【
单选题
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[0.5分]
、
as to
、
for instance
、
in particular
、
such as
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32、【
单选题
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[0.5分]
、
tightening
、
intensifying
、
focusing
、
fastening
答案:
33、【
单选题
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[0.5分]
、
sketch
、
rough
、
preliminary
、
draft
答案:
34、【
单选题
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[0.5分]
、
illogical
、
illegal
、
improbable
、
improper
答案:
35、【
单选题
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[0.5分]
、
publicity
、
penalty
、
popularity
、
peculiarity
答案:
36、【
单选题
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[0.5分]
、
since
、
if
、
before
、
as
答案:
37、【
单选题
】
[0.5分]
、
sided
、
shared
、
complied
、
agreed
答案:
38、【
单选题
】
[0.5分]
、
present
、
offer
、
manifest
、
indicate
答案:
39、【
单选题
】
[0.5分]
、
Release
、
Publication
、
Printing
、
Exposure
答案:
40、【
单选题
】
[0.5分]
、
storm
、
rage
、
flare
、
flash
答案: